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PATENT OFFICE. Y

HARRY Hrnscnrntn.- oF nRANKroRT-oN-Tnnxmr, GERMANY.

' nooit-LACE.

Specicaton oi Letters Patent.

Patented Arluggpzt,190s.

i Application Ied February 12, 12908. Serial No. 4175,52?. v

venientlytighten, and by means of which,4

knottingis averted. 1

ln the accompanying-drawingz-Figure 1 shows lace tip m detail.

Inorderto curry the lnventlon lnto effect,

a View of the lece, and Fig; 2 shows the l e small hook b is provided at oneend of the rlhis hook is of suc-h a shape that it can easily be passed through the holes ofthe -up er. The ace is passed through the eye c, 't ence through an eyef and secured to the eye c, which is. divided into `two preferably equal parts by means'of a crosspieced, overv which the endlprovided with the'hook is passed, when being'passed -through the eye- The length of c, so that a' loop e is formed.

' the loop e' can be enlarged` or reduced, and

consequently' the required length -of the lace canalso'. be-prolonged 'or' shortened 4At-A e-is an elastic band 72 tached .to Vthe said loo j? said eye f adapted to by means of an eye slide freely in the-loop, when the lengthyof asf l the vWhole lace isvrequired to, be adjusted. The extremity ofjthe said elasticband is fur.y

nished with an eye g, which is ada tedto fit inthe hookb, consistingof a. cylin rical part Y form the, loop e.

I 'claim and purpose-` set forth.

my -liandin the witnesses.

b1 and the hook proper b2, which can be llinked in the said eyeg.A The eyef is providedwith a backi'vardly projecting spurv 7c, Which is situated between the tvvo parts of the lace, which These two parts are embraced by a slide l,.vvhic-h isadapt'ed to be pushed over said spur, thus' securing the length ofthe loop, and consequently alsothe lengtltof the lace in any desired position, by

pressing the two lace parts tightly on the sur:- face of seidspur by means of the said slide z.

Having fully described my invention, what,

desire to secure by Letters Patent yisz-r A-boot lace, `'comprising in combination, alace,,a hook attached' to one'end o l. tl1e le.ce,

and consisting of al cylindrical part and a bent piece, an eye attached to. the other; end of the lace and divided in two' parts, a loop formed'by passing the hooked-end through the said divided eye, a slide sliding on' said' loop, aneye'movingr in said. loop, a back- Wardly project-ing spur provided on the .e`ye moving'- in the loop, an elastic'band attached to the latter/eye, and an eye attached to the extreme .of the said elastic hand, subst-antially as described andshotvn and for the" In' ltestimony whereof I have hereunto set,

' presence of two subscribing' HARRY HIRSCHFELD. Witnesses:

JEAN. GRUND, 'CARL GRUND. 

